Teacher Membership

Professional Support for a Teaching Career

Music teachers encounter new questions throughout their careers. New students, repertoire, teaching settings, technologies, responsibilities, and professional goals continue to ask for new knowledge, musicianship, judgment, and perspective.

Teacher Membership brings together practical teaching resources, professional learning, coaching, curriculum access, and a community of fellow educators who can help teachers work through those questions. Whether you are beginning your career or have decades of experience, the Association provides opportunities to strengthen your teaching, deepen your musicianship, exchange ideas, and build a rewarding life in music education.

Who Teacher Membership Is For

Teacher Membership is for music educators who value ongoing professional learning, practical support, and collegial exchange. Members teach in many different settings and at many stages of their careers, but share an interest in becoming more knowledgeable musicians and educators and helping students build lasting relationships with music.

Teacher Membership welcomes music educators in the United States from a wide variety of teaching settings, including:

• Independent music teachers

• Community music school teachers

• Public school music educators

• Private school music educators

• Early childhood music teachers

• College and university instructors

• Church and worship music leaders

• Performing musicians who teach

• Retired music educators who wish to remain active in the profession

• Future music educators preparing for a career in teaching

Although our members teach in many different environments and work with students of different ages, instruments, and musical interests, they share a common purpose: helping people become lifelong musicians.

What You'll Receive

Learn

Professional learning for teachers and musicians.

Teacher Members enjoy access to an expanding library of articles, videos, handouts, teaching ideas, professional development opportunities, conferences, and ongoing learning experiences designed to strengthen both musicianship and teaching.

Highlights include:

• Professional library

• Complimentary monthly group coaching calls

• Opportunities to attend Association conferences, workshops, and professional events (availability and pricing vary by membership level)

• Continuing professional development

• Certification opportunities through the Dennis Frayne Approach to Music Education

Teach

Practical resources you can use with students.

Teacher Membership provides access to curriculum, teaching materials, arrangements, and classroom resources that help you spend less time reinventing lessons and more time helping students succeed.

Highlights include:

• Access to purchase the complete Presto! It’s Music Magic curriculum, available exclusively to Teacher Members of the Association, together with professional guidance and support

• Student participation in the Dennis Frayne Ascent (teachers may prepare students for the Ascent as they satisfy the Association's participation and preparation requirements)

• Teaching materials, worksheets, printables, handouts, and curriculum supplements

• Custom sheet music arrangements for your students (availability may vary by membership level; Founding Members are not limited to a set number of requests during the founding phase)

• Product discounts

Connect

A professional community for real teaching questions.

One of the greatest resources any teacher can have is a community of fellow educators who understand the joys and challenges of music teaching.

Teacher Members become part of a growing national community committed to encouraging, supporting, and learning from one another.

Highlights include:

• Private teacher community

• Discussion & mastermind groups

• Networking with fellow educators

• Shared ideas and teaching solutions

• Access to individual coaching sessions (coaching availability and pricing vary by membership level)

Grow

Build a rewarding and sustainable career.

A long career in music education involves pedagogy, musicianship, leadership, communication, business decisions, work-life balance, professional relationships, and continued learning. Through mentoring, coaching, professional resources, and opportunities within the Association, Teacher Membership helps educators think about these parts of professional life together and make decisions that support a rewarding career over time.

Ways to Participate More Deeply

Teacher Membership provides the foundation for participation in the Association. Members may choose to pursue certification through the Dennis Frayne Approach to Music Education, become Endorsed Teachers after meeting the applicable requirements, or eventually qualify as Teachers of Teachers with opportunities for mentoring and leadership.

These pathways allow teachers to choose the level of study, participation, recognition, and responsibility that fits their professional goals. Membership can remain valuable at the Teacher level, while additional opportunities are available for educators who want a deeper relationship with the Association.

Teacher Membership Levels

The Dennis Frayne Association for Music Education offers three levels of Teacher Membership. Each reflects a different kind of relationship with the Association, from access to resources and professional community, to public endorsement, to mentoring and leadership responsibilities.

Teacher

Designed for music educators seeking resources, curriculum access, community, certification opportunities, and professional growth. Teachers can be certified, uncertified, or uncertified but working toward certification.

Endorsed Teacher

Designed for certified teachers who desire a deeper partnership with the Association, including public endorsement, professional recognition, expanded resources, and studio support.

Teacher of Teachers

Designed for experienced educators committed to mentoring, leadership, and helping develop the next generation of music teachers.

Teacher Membership Pricing

Every educator begins at the Teacher Membership level and may choose either the annual or five-year membership option.

⛰️ Founding Member Opportunity

A limited number of teachers will be invited to become Founding Members of the Dennis Frayne Association for Music Education. Founding Membership is available to the first 100 teachers who join the Association, or until December 31, 2026, whichever comes first.

This is a unique opportunity to participate at the earliest stage of the program and to be part of its initial development. Your Founding Member rate is locked in for life (see our Price-for-Life Guarantee, below) as long as you continuously remain an active member in good standing.

Teacher Annual Membership

$199 (Founding Member Rate)
Future Rate: $249
(Save $50)

Membership is active for one year and renews annually on the anniversary of enrollment.

Teacher Five-Year Membership

$695 (Founding Member Rate)
Future Rate: $995
(Save $300)

Membership is active for five years and renews at the conclusion of the five-year term.

Endorsed Teacher Annual Add-on*

$1,188 (or $99/mo)

Teacher of Teachers Annual Add-on*

$1,788 (or $149/mo)

* Endorsed Teacher and Teacher of Teachers fees are annual add-ons to the underlying Teacher Membership.

For example, for the Founding annual option:

• Endorsed Teacher: $199 + $1,188 = $1,387 annual total

• Teacher of Teachers: $199 + $1,788 = $1,987 annual total

Price-for-Life Guarantee

Every member of the Dennis Frayne Association for Music Education receives our Price-for-Life Guarantee on membership. As long as your membership remains continuously active, you may renew at the annual or five-year membership rates that were in effect when you first became a member, even if membership prices increase in the future. The guarantee applies to membership only and does not include certification tuition, events, products, or other purchases.

Learn more about our Price-for-Life Guarantee.

The Association currently serves members in the United States.